This command created a new token SYS with a precision of 4 decimals and a maximum supply of 1000000000.0000 SYS. To create this token requires the permission of the eosio.token contract. For this reason, -p eosio.token@active was passed to authorize the request.

Step 6: Issue Tokens

The issuer can issue new tokens to the issuer account in our case eosio.